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So gonna try that soup!

Yesterday: Walked 3 Ran 1.5 biked 15 missed cross training Dinner last night ended up been boneless pork ribs, some bbq sauce, and *gasp* boxed shells and "cheese" (Annie's brand). Bummed from the bad news yesterday of a coworker I had been close to passing away suddenly. Today: Walk Bike strength cross train Food for today: borscht w/ plain greek yogurt to make it creamy bison bar chobani lime yogurt (packed if needed but may not eat it) chana masala w/ plain greek yogurt...eating without flat bread or rice. Like it better that way actually. Tomorrow may put it on a small baker left if the fridge breakfast for dinner night and kiddo wants ramen with a poached egg and some Lucky's ham (not loaded with crap chemicals and smoked in-house) Really tired today since I did not sleep well and woke up with a bad headache.

As a result of the bad news at work I was not feeling so awesome last night. This person and I had been very close. I missed cross training but every thing else got done. Hubby cooked for us last night and I did enjoy it even if we had a food we never eat and by never I mean I think it has been over a year since we had it last. 39 miles left for the week on biking Today: strength bike cross train manage this headache I awoke with this morning

Yesterday: Walked 4 Biked 6 strength work done (feeling some DOMS from yesterday and it feels pretty awesome)...yeah I like DOMS Meditated 15 minutes Food went as planned however I did add a tbs of peanut butter and had a chobani yogrut (choco loco thingy)...better than ice cream or other crap for dessert Today will be: biking walking running cross train (oh I love playing with Giggles) Food for the day: onion/very small potato/1 tbs cheese/2 eggs, black bean quinoa burger that I made with a few fresh pickle slices on the side and 1 Tbs of steak sauce, spag squash with marinara, dinner???broccoli steamed with chicken I like looking at my food here and logging activity. MFP and Dailymile are great but lately the time it takes to post all over the place is not worth it.

I was late at lunch and busy at home so the bike miles were low but I got it all done otherwise. I have 54 miles left. No worries on that one. Food was great yesterday. Todays list should be accomplished as planned. More bad news at work. Yet another colleague or former colleague passed away yesterday. Kind of hitting me hard. So that is 3 in a month now. Plus a coworkers brother passed day before yesterday so we are trying to help them.

Pretty excited to finish the week and set up round 2 this year. Do others know what they want to work on for the second challenge of 2016? Next one begins Feb. 1.

Popping in to see how you are doing. Hope you have had good days.

Forgot to say I did meditate for 30 minutes yesterday and 15 minutes today.

Glad you hear from you! Your MAX challenge thing shows me clearly where my main focus will be next challenge. Ouch. I love determination and have no doubt whatsoever that you will , as you said "get it"! Excited to see what you do now to get that flow back.

I am convinced when my dog looks back at me he is laughing because I never seem to go fast enough for him. LOL

I do that too and leave voice mail on my work phone for when I think of something while busy or not at a computer. Hate emailing from phones.

Yesterday I knocked out a cross training session, biked 10 miles (60 left for the week ), walked, and ran. I ate good foods all day. Today's agenda: Keep up the excellent food, bike more, walk, and I have already completed a strength training session! Last night I got home and was busy all night. Between dishes and cooking dinner I had to get in my ride and make a food I meant to prep this weekend but ended up too busy. Nothing like playing catch up. I made some Chana Masala. Tonight I am making black bean and quinoa burgers to freeze. Great meal. Grab a patty and add veg soup or steamed broccoli and you have yourself a nice little lunch! Last nights dinner was awesome if I do say so myself. I cooked some ground beef and seasoned it. Sliced and quickly cooked some portabella mushrooms which I topped with the loose ground beef. Tossed on a spicy marinara and boom...delicious. I also made some roasted broccoli that was so wonderful. Mmmmmmmmm Kiddo is convinced I am out to torture her with broccoli or veggies in general. When I told her tonight's meal included roasted eggplant salad (no I will not make her try it) and steamed broccoli which she will have to eat a little she was sad. Very very sad. LOL I will bake a potato for her and what I did not tell her is that I will also slice up that fresh pineapple we have on the table and give her some. I wonder if you can do anything with pineapple and fresh broccoli. Seem like they would be good together.

Activity for 1/25/16 Biked 10 miles Walked 4 Ran 1.5 Cross trained...ruck 1.5 Today: Greek yogurt thing from Chobani my hubby came home with thinking I would like it (Mixed Berry Ancient Grains...not bad at all), 1/2 serving of chana masala not with rice but straight and 2 tbs plain greek yogurt, spag squash and marinara, salmon patties, roasted eggplant salad, steamed broccoli, and a baked potato for others in the house. Kiddo will not touch the eggplant and is already unhappy to hear broccoli because she knows she has to have at least one bit of it. Strength training (done already) biking Walking

Brilliant! Hope your trip is going well KB!

I love to make meal lists. They help so much! Not always followed but they certainly help more often than not. Especially when you can see what may go to waste if you are tempted to not eat what you have at home. Way to go for week 3.

Sure I am game for another round. I am in the process of cleaning out the kitchen of unused items and will keep at that since I just started it yesterday.

Thinking of you and your family.

3 cats this weekend but nothing as epic as cats in snow. Our tiny bit from before is gone.

Since Friday Morning: Biked 25 miles on Saturday Walked 9 miles Ran 0 Strength trained on Sunday Cross trained (ruck) on Sunday I really can not count on lunches for runs or workouts. I love to do them and often can but unexpectedly my lunches can go poof. I think it is best to keep it to the morning. I may tentatively plan lunch if need to for some exercise time, but understand that I need to keep a 45 minute window open in the evening to do it....no excuses! I had been relying on lunch or trying too a bit too much for exercise. Some days I have ample time and other days not enough to do anything productive. On those day I think just getting some walking in is good. Relaxing and I feel like I got something done. Food has been crud. In fact some weight snuck back. Well not snuck back I definitely invited it with my choices. I know next challenge will certainly have a diet component. I need to get smart again and stay smart. Every meal today has veggies incorporated and are just foods I really enjoy. Steel cut oats, ginger, a little bit of cocoanut, almond milk, and pumpkin puree. Spaghetti squash and marinara sauce. Portabella mushrooms topped with red meat and some roasted broccoli on the side. Yum!

Alright it has been a busy weekend! To wrap up last week: Jaune (strength training) - 9 of 12 Nora (cross train) - 6 of 8 Pyrrha (bike and run) - Not good. Running ended up trashed but I did meet the 65 mile biking goal. Ren (meditate or read daily) -80% Okay new week and the final week of the challenge! Here is my tentative schedule this week (besides catching up on loads of challenges I follow...) Monday - Run and some biking Tuesday - Biking, strength Wednesday - same as Monday plus cross training Thursday Biking and Strength Friday - see Monday Saturday - cross train (goal for challenge will be met), finish bike miles to get to 70 miles, strength (goal met for challenge and avoids posting a video of me dancing in a dress....ugh) Sunday - Run...goal met for challenge This week I am focusing more on meditation and not doing reading or meditation. Reading is great but I need more meditation right now. Ideally a few minutes of each would be good.

Yep did better Thursday. Yesterday and today (copied from my challenge...LOL) walked 4 miles biked 25 strength trained 2 days in a row....different workouts Ran, well not so much. I cashed in trying again at work. The same old issues. First week of the semester and special projects means I only took a few minutes late yesterday to eat. I decided I wanted my other goals since they are more doable this week. I need to get consistent here. This week has been anything but consistent. Read yesterday and meditated this morning. Cross trained with the sledgehammer I want to finish today with more walking. Saturday and Sunday, bike, strength (Sunday), ruck, and get out for a run.

Okay getting my traction back. Yesterday and today so far: walked 4 miles biked 25 I believe I am at 40 miles of the desired 65. I can easily do 25 miles in one or two days. I got this. strength trained 2 days in a row....different workouts Ran, well not so much. I cashed in trying again at work. The same old issues. First week of the semester and special projects means I only took a few minutes late yesterday to eat. I decided I wanted my other goals since they are more doable this week. I need to get consistent here. This week has been anything but consistent. Read yesterday and meditated this morning. Cross trained with the sledgehammer last night while listening to music with kiddo and making pancakes for our breakfast for dinner night. I made the greatest banana pancake. Instead of making one for each of us I made a huge one we split. She was impressed when I was able to flip it with one spatula. I had a second handy. I think the epic noise I made doing it was her favorite part next to eating it. Today more walking in store of course at work. Also I might try a ruck today or perhaps tomorrow.

LOL For the flax seed make sure it is ground. Preferable if you can grind it but buying it ground is better than not eating it. Whole seeds pass through your gut and thus you do not get all the lovely goodness from them. Rock those workouts!